North-East Passage to Muscovy: Stephen Borough and the First Tudor Explorations

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Stephen Borough led the first great Tudor exploration. He undertook to find a north-east passage to China and the riches of the Orient. He created the first trading company-the Muscovy Company. The book explores these important voyages, the motivation behind them, the geographical knowledge acquired on the voyage which put England in the forefront of cartography.
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Stephen Borough led the first great Tudor exploration. He undertook to find a north-east passage to China and the riches of the Orient. He created the first trading company-the Muscovy Company. The book explores these important voyages, the motivation behind them, the geographical knowledge acquired on the voyage which put England in the forefront of cartography.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. xiii 1 241."North-East to Muscovy explores for the first time these important and overlooked voyages, the motivation behind them, the geographical knowledge acquired on the voyages which put England in the forefront of cartography, and the extraordinary dealings of the Muscovy Company-which included passing on a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth I from… 8vo.

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